What was long just another stretch of asphalt in the Highland Park Improvement Club parking lot is now a brand-new rain garden, after today’s planting party gave it the finishing touches. As explained on the HPIC website (where you also can see the Rain Dog Designs vision for the garden), “every little bit helps” to get toxic runoff water out of the drains that run right into the Duwamish River and Puget Sound. (You can find out about possibilities for your own little corner of West Seattle, by checking with RainWise.)

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I got to help my little neighbor Georgia plant 2 plants – she had a great time. Thanks for everyone that stopped by.

It was a great event! So glad that so many people were able to come out and participate. Thank you to all the neighbors that were so essential to making the day a success. Hope that that Highland Park is soon covered with rain gardens!

Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday to help us celebrate our new rain garden, and to learn about control of stormwater runoff. We hope to see more of these showing up around the neighborhood soon.